Hose nozzle handle



Sept. 13, 1932- D. MOPHER'SON HOSE NOZZLE HANDLE Filed April 11. 1929 Jnventor Patented Sept. 13, 1932 h V outta sat at as; TENT OFFICE V tenant-Mommas, onsAN nrneo, chmrfonnra i p I i ."Hos'r; nozzilnnennnn I l V A v I ep iieatio fiiea April 1l,'1929. Serial no. 354,379. I p r This inventionirelates to ajdevice forthe It hasbeen heretofore known that. whena direction and'c'ontro-l of'water beingsprinstandard size fire hose, carrying a stream of kled or run through the nozzle of a garden water under pressure, has been. sopositioned hose, or any hose, such device being a handle and held by the firemen that (it-has been al- 5 bar or rod so constructed that,attached to the lowed to form a doublebend or S-shape 'im- 55 nozzle of a hose, it takes advantage of the qmediately back of the nozzle structure, that mechanical principle of the. lever. I the hose then stands of itself, supporting the j Referring to the drawing, Figure 1 and nozzle structure thereon. I F1gure 2, one form of the invention is shown, -The firemen at the nozzle, when they are,

first in its simplest form and then attached able toaccomplish this,hav e simply balanced 6'0"- or connected to a hose and nozzle structure. or equilibrated' the forces at work in 1 the As Figure 1 shows, thedevice consists of a hosesthat is, they havev .equilibrated the metal rod with a handle on one end and with pressures of the outgoing water and the rethe other end a flattened out ring, the flat' sisti g p es u the f b ic ith the v .7 tened ring being bent at about a right angle nozzle re-action or back pressure. For. that 5 to the handle. force has been completely neutralized ltis With the ordinary; %th inch garden hose infact being used to advantage in convertthe length of this rod and handle is about ten ing a portion; of the hose into an .S-shaped inches. The flattened ring end would be post, supporting the nozzle, and deflecting the about 1 inches in diameter with the hole back-pressure to the ground at point of con- 6' about 1 inch in diameter, and flattened to tact. p V about i gth. of an inch. This permits the ring There has never heretofore, infire departend to slip over the common threaded brass ment work, been any discovery of a safe nozzle end of the hose and to allow for acermeans of accompanying. this, nor any 'means tain amount of play after the screwing on of safely shifting this point of contact. 5" of any of the various kinds of nozzle Unt lreduced to a state of equilibrium it is s rinklers. in fact very dangerous to put a hose in a bent" If the metal ring does not exceed th of an condition back of the nozzle, and it must be 7 7 inch in thickn'ess,and the nozzle has a rubber attempted wlthgreat caution. I p R washer in it of the usual size, the nozzle can My devlce is no less than the discovery ch be screwed tightly against the brass hose outa new and very safe means of accomplish-f let without pressing against'the metal rmg ing this much d'esired result. of the handler, thus allowing the hose and His an equilibrium finder.

nozzle, though locked tightly together, to j'rhej discovery, in its application, would turn freely within the ring. apply to water, steam, or any fluid steam '85" But the greatest problem connected with 034929016 f b i f d through a hose and the hose nozzle is not 1n its garden use but is V i I the problem arising daily in the cit es I l m: I i throughout the world of control of the tre- V 1 A e nozzle ha d fi fig' a 4C mendqus pressures i fitemans Inetal-barwith a handle form or hand .grib 95" handling of a fire hose, particularly of the means at n end and the other endv designdw Standard lnch hose b i d as a means of securing this bar to the noz-j. g iiifi gg g 22;; 2 2 zle at or near the hose coupling connection l powerful forces at work'in a fire hos: and therewlthbdo 3 i l ifif 95 then applying the principle of the lever to 216 35 sg gg ngsm 6 31122 3 1119 g ee; 1

their control and thus reducing the man ower necessary at the l rotation ofthe nozzle structure therein, this But that is exactly what the McPherson metal bar extending from the nozzle' back,

nozzle handler accomplishes. I v and ma plane containingthe axis of the 166 nozzle, to a point at the extremity of such bar, said handle form or hand grip means being there located where manual leverage of the nozzle with the stream forcing its way therethrough equilibrates the moments of the several reactions and the weight of the supported parts. a

2. In a hose handling device, the combination with a nozzle and hose adaptable to be formed adjacent thereto into a gooseneck or double bend, of a handle arm extending rearwardly from and in offset alignment with said nozzle, ing rigidly attached to said nozzlebut r0 tatable about the axis thereof, such rearward extension being to a point beyond said double hose bends and having hand grip means on such rearward extremity, such point'being Where, under manual operation,

said handle arm bethe' moments of the'several reactions of the stream and of the weight of the supported parts equilibrate. 1

3. In a hose handling construction, a hose, a nozzle-connected therewith, combined with a manually operated handle secured to said nozzle,-a portion of said handle at the rearward extremity thereof being in hand grip form and so positioned as to equilibrate the moments of the several reactions of the stream passing through said nozzle and the weight of said construction.

4. In a hose handling construction, a hose,

a-nozzle connected therewith, combined with V a manually operated handle secured to said nozzle, and said handle being rotatable about the axis of said nozzle, a portion of said handle being so positioned as to equilibrate the moments of the several reactions of the stream passing through said nozzle and of the weight of said construction. y

5. In a. hose handling device, the combinationwith a'hose and nozzle, of a device ar ranged to be rigidly secured to said nozzle, a. handle arm attached rigidly tosaid de- "vice and shaped to extend rearwardly therefrom and ma direction which is offset from, substantially parallel to, and above the axis ofthe nozzle, and a handle means fixed to the rearward extremity of said handle arm said rearward point at which the momentsof the several reactions of the stream and of the weight of the supported parts equilibrate.

6. In a hose handling device, the combination with a hose and nozzle, of a device arranged to be rigidly secured to said nozzlebut rotatable about the axis of said nozzle, a handle arm attached rigidly to said device and shaped to extend rearwardly therefrom and in'a direction from, substantially parallel theaxis of the nozzle, and a handle means fixed tothe rearward extremityof said handle arm, said rearward extremity being locat which is oifset axisof the nozzle,

extremitybeing located at a to, and above ed at a point at Which the moments of the several reactions of the stream and of the weight of the supported parts equilibrate. 7. In a hose handling device, the combination with a hose and nozzle, of a device arranged to be rigidly secured to said nozzle, a handle arm attached rigidly to said device and shaped to extend rearwardly therefrom and in a direction which is offset from, in the same plane as, and above-the and a handle means fixed to the rearward extremity of said handle arm, said rearward extremity being located at a point at which the moments of the several reactions of the stream and of the weight of the supported parts equilibratea DUNCAN MGPHERSON. 

